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Thursday, October 26, 2017

I have been wanting to use some metals on an Art Journalling Page for a while now so decided the time had come.

This is what happened

For the background I used Gesso, Texture Paste with a woodgrain stencil, Gyprock (Dry Wall) tape and acrylic paints.

I then stamped with StayzOn black ink and 2 of the stamps in the Stampendous Marks stamp set by Nathalie Kalbach

I then attached all of the metals using Heavy Gel Medium and gave them a coat of Gesso. In hind sight I should have applied the Gesso before I attached them to the page but what the heck.

When everything was dry I coloured the metals with Silks. I also rubbed some Viva Inks Gold here and there on the background and on the metals as I have been itching to use that for a while too.

I used some watercolours to shade a bit behind the metals and some Gelato's to add some darkness to the outside edge of the page to frame it. A Black Texta pen was used to colour the butterflies body and the gems were attached with a hot glue gun.

I was reasonably happy with the page as they are colours I do not usually use so I wanted to try to stretch myself there.

Friday, October 13, 2017

The challenge is to do a layout using only black and white, why not pop over and give it a go. Would love to see what you come up with.

For the background I used a cut file on my Scan N Cut to add some interest then layered it on white for a white on white effect.
I have used 4 black and white patterned papers, tearing the edges on some of them.
Kaisercraft Dies to cut the black scribble and all the feathers
Tim Holts film strip, dry wall tape, string and heat embossed chipboard were added to embellish the page.

The title is made from chipboard letters that have been heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Thursday, October 12, 2017

It has been a long time between posts but I have just got home from 18 days in China and they do not have Google or Facebook over there. There internet browser is is Chinese (funny that) and I could not use it so have been out of touch for what seems like forever.

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About Me

I have lived in Adelaide, South Australia for the past 13 years and before that I lived in Hahndorf for 4 years. I am married to Ray and have one daughter and one grand-daughter. I have been scrapbooking and card making for about 14 or 15 years now and have spent countless hours enjoying these hobbies. For the last six years I have taught Scrapbooking and Card Making at Camelot on a Saturday afternoon. I love to spent time on the internet browsing other papercraft blogs and watching you- tube clips to learn new techniques to use on my layouts and cards. Another of my loves is mini albums. I have made quiet a few of these for different reasons and some for no reason at all except the pleasure of making them. Over the last year or so I have been experimenting with Art Journalling and I have found it to be very relaxing. I use some of the techniques I have learned through internet courses on my layouts. I hope you enjoy your visit to my blog.